Pittsburgh

knows?  Who cares?  While Ben may not be the most glamorous QB in the league, he fits the Pittsburgh mantra perfectly, he takes his licks all game, and in the end he finds a way to ge

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Coming off a super bowl victory last season, hopes couldn't be higher for the 2009 Pittsburgh Steelers, as they should be.  While the team is returning 20 out of 22 starters from that super bowl run (only losing Larry Foote and Bryant Mcfadden), things begin to look bleak as we look at the possible roster a year from now.  In 2010, the Steelers will have an alarming number of key players that will be free agents if these players do not re-sign.

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The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review gives us the finalized, 53-man roster for the 2008 season.  A few standouts:

"Willie Parker retains starter status but won't be a workhorse as in previous seasons."  Obviously the team is counting on Rashard Mendenhall to start living up to the hype in order to give the Steelers the one-two punch on the ground that has been so important.  Mewelde Moore has been tapped as the designated third-down man.  I still have questions that the game against Houston will have to answer.

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Colts.  Banks isn't a hater, he's just a member of a group that has a culture which overlooks Pittsburgh unless we do something spectacular, and then is quick to move back to other favored teams.

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irder than when we picked up Mike Tomczak.  Let's say it together: "Byron Leftwich of the Pittsburgh Steelers."  I can't get my head around it.  I am a huge Charlie Batch fan.  I think he could get a starting job with a lot of different clubs, and the fact that he stays with the black-and-gold really warms my heart.  So when he went down, I was upset.  I didn't expect the team to snap up Leftwich,after the Titans -- of all teams -- passed on him.  I am pleasantly surprised with his preseason performance, but I'm not holding my breath.

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